Planning application
Basement And Ground Floor 40 Tavistock Street London WC2E 7PB
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Display of one non illuminated projecting sign measuring 0.9m x 0.6m.
As published by the council, reference 25/05066/ADV
Application record
- Reference
- 25/05066/ADV
- Type
- Advert Application (ADV)
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refused As published: Application Refused
- Received
- 21 Jul 2025
- Validated
- 21 Jul 2025
- Decided
- 11 Aug 2025
- Ward
- St James's
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- WC2E 7PB
Site history
Applications at this address on the Westminster register
This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 0 approved, 1 refused.
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26/03788/ADV Decided
Basement And Ground Floor 40 Tavistock Street London WC2E 7PB
Display of two internally illuminated fascia signs measuring 0.325m x 1.408m (face lit box) and 0.322m x 0.77m (halo lit letters) and a non-illuminated fascia sign measuring 0.045m x 0.191m.
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26/03790/LBC Decided
Basement And Ground Floor 40 Tavistock Street London WC2E 7PB
Installation of new signage.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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21 Jul 2025
Received by Westminster
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11 Aug 2025
Decision issued: Application Refused
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
10 documents on file for this application
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